Good Morning!… or is it?

Okay interesting morning, I’m driving into town planning on taking a nice bicycle ride when I get there.  Then, my phone rings, its my Mom.

 Let me first start with a little back story.  Two days ago, my parents call me to tell me that they are going to stop by on sunday.  Mind you stopping by means they are driving 3 hours to get here.  So I say, “okay come on up, I don’t mind.”

Okay fast forward.  They show up yesterday, bring me a couple pairs of jeans and proceed just to hang out at my house.  Mean while I’m asking myself, “what the hell is going on here, why the sudden urge to visit?”  Anyways, we have lunch, talk for a bit, exchange hugs, and they are gone.

 Hmmm, somethings fishy.  

Back to this morning.  Mom has her heart-heavy voice on the morning, she tells me that she is worried about me and that I seemed like a lost little puppy that needed a hug.  Then the tears start coming, I can hear her sobbing over the phone.  I ask why she is crying and she answers “i just love you.” Okay then why

are you crying? Who knows.  I guess she’s just worried about me finding a job and moving on with my life, maybe its because I’m her only kid.  Bottom-line is that her and my Dad are freaking out about my rapidly approaching real-world immersion and I’m not.  Should I be?  

I think everything will work out, maybe I’m wrong.  I’ve always been the type to just let it happen, I cant worry myself to death because I’ll go crazy.  To make a long story short, Im just going to make a few phone calls, network with friends and family and write this blog we’ll see what happens.

Career Search, this is ridiculous

Okay, so I looked into another career option today and got it pushed back into my face.  Yes, most likely it was a long shot but can you blame me, heres the scoop…Big telecommunications company called Acme Packet, they sell session border controllers (if you don’t know what it is check it out on wikipedia, I did).  I have relative who works there and makes some pretty serious dough from what I understand, of course he is an engineer but I thought it might be a foot in the door.  Wrong…he talked to a HR manager who told him they were only looking for people with 10+ years of experience.  10 Years?  Jesus!  You would think that a growing company would be enticed by fresh-MBAs with a hunger to start a successful career.  And I’m sure they know that they can pay us in peanuts, but Its not enough for them to take a chance.

I guess thats the problem today with my generation, people think we have everything handed to us and don’t trust us far as they can throw us.   Bottom line is that I do not want to quintessential first real-job.  A desk 40 hours a weeks sounds pretty bland to me, let me get out and talk with people, personal sales will never die in my opinion.  Some one must be looking for young buck like me, I just don’t know who.  I have half a mind to start my own business, higher on fresh, highly-driven freethinkers and watch the 45 year old salesmen wonder how we did it.

I have a few ideas, but no capital.  Back to the drawing board for today…

p.s. I’m looking for a web designer, there are few ideas I would like to discuss with them for a start-up, leave a comment if you find this and are interested in hearing possibilities.  

I wont get my hopes up though as I have yet to network this blog very well.  Maybe I’ll take some tips from julia allison.

M.B.A For Sale

10 a.m. Thursday October 14th

It’s now officially time to start my career search.

 

 My intuition says “stick with what you know” and I know bicycles.  Where does this leave me?  Who knows?  I absolutely cannot stay in Warrensburg, Missouri if I want to start a career in the “Industry.”

 I have a dream for bicycle culture one that is based on two principles, shop support and local initiatives.  

This is a tough business though. Being a Rep. would afford me the opportunity to meet with retailers but in my experience Reps only pass through to do one thing….Sell.  Don’t get me wrong I appreciate their appearances in our store, Freeride Bike and Skate Shop (www.freeridebikeandskate.com), but the bottom line is that they only come around when business is booming and all but forget about us when things aren’t so good.  Which is essentially when we need them the most.  Are you listening Specialized…what about you Trek?

 This brings me to my next point, local initiatives.  I’m talking about a corporate development officer that makes things happen in a particular region.  A person who knows the names of men and women from store to store and understands what they need to boost sales.  I’m talking sustainability here.

 Essentially this is where I come in.  I want a career that allows me the time to take shops under my wing and build them in to profit centers that are beneficial to both the retailer and supplier.  This of course is a hard road, given constantly rising costs, a deflated economy, and a few thousand under-developed markets, throughout the U.S.  

I will search and I will find the company that I am looking for because I believe they are looking for me as well.